When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to ofg fger with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, Revelatj tjon 8:1-5 (ESV)
4 and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and fj fjlled it with fj fjre from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, fm fmashes of lightning, and an earthquake. Revelatj tjon 8:1-5 (ESV)
Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. 7 The fj fjrst angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fj fjre, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. Revelatj tjon 8:6-13 (ESV)
8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fj fjre, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. Revelatj tjon 8:6-13 (ESV)
10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitu tuer. Revelatj tjon 8:6-13 (ESV)
12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night. Revelatj tjon 8:6-13 (ESV)
13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it fm fmew directly overhead, “Wo Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!” Revelatj tjon 8:6-13 (ESV)
And the fj fjfu fuh angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shafu fu of the botu tuomless pit. 2 He opened the shafu fu of the botu tuomless pit, and from the shafu fu rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shafu fu. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the Revelatj tjon 9:1-6 (ESV) earth.
4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torment them for fj fjve months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stj tjngs someone. 6 And in those days people will seek death and will not fj fjnd it. They will long to die, but death will fm fmee from them. Revelatj tjon 9:1-6 (ESV)
Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand tjmes ten thousand; I heard their number . tj Revelatj tjon 9:13-16 (ESV)
Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand tjmes ten thousand; I heard their number . tj Revelatj tjon 9:13-19 (ESV)
17 And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fj fjre and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fj fjre and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fj fjre and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. Revelatj tjon 9:13-18 (ESV)
20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefu fus. Revelatj tjon 9:20-21 (ESV)
Diffj ffjcult Truths We Should Affj ffjrm • God sometj tjmes uses physical catastrophes in exercising spiritual judgment. • The existence of demonic forces which seek to harm and destroy. • No matu tuer what, many people will refuse to repent.
Great Truths We Should Embrace • God works out His purposes • Demonic forces fm fmee before God. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will fm fmee from you. James 4:7 (ESV)
Great Truths We Should Embrace • Hardships are temporary…Glory is Eternal Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper tj tjme he may exalt you, 7 castj tjng all your anxietj tjes on him, because he cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Great Truths We Should Embrace • Hardships are temporary…Glory is Eternal 9 Resist him, fj fjrm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of sufg fgering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 10 And afu fuer you have sufg fgered a litu tule while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confj fjrm, strengthen, and establish you. 11 To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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